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This was the only time that Myrna Loy worked with Boris Karloff; she had already worked with Bela Lugosi in 1930's "Renegades," and would conquer her 'femme fatale' typecasting by 1934's "The Thin Man".See more »

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Continuity: During his fight with two of Fu Manchu's minions, Terry's shirt is ripped to shreds. In the next scene when he and Nyland rescue their friend from the spikes, Terry's shirt is intact, although unbuttoned.See more »

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Fu Manchu:[to horde of Asians] Men of Asia! The skies are red with the thunderbolts of Genghis Khan! They rain down on the white race... and burn them!See more »

This was a bit different with Boris Karloff playing an Asian "bad guy."
He plays "Fu Manchu," and man who sets out to get Genghis Khan's mask
and sword which supposedly will give him the power to rule over
millions of people.

Despite the classic film casting of white people to play Asians, I
found Karloff to be "cool" looking as was his evil daughter, a young
Myrna Loy. I like Karen Morely, usually, but not in here where she
plays an almost-hysterical daughter of one of the good guys.

"Fu Manchu" shows some of his unique methods of torture, nothing
graphic, thankfully - not like today's blood and guts.

Some of this is amateurishly-done but overall it still a legitimate
amount of real horror and terror and the cast certainly is
entertaining. ("Andy Hardy" star Lewis Stone also is in here along with
Jean Hersholt and Charles Starret.)

Summary: a decent and almost-mystical adventure story that doesn't
overstay its welcome, either, at a tidy 68 minutes. Pretty good stuff.

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